Dynamic User Authority Adjustment via Inconvenience Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing user authorities in multifunction peripherals face challenges such as hindered user tasks due to function limitations, and the need for manual administrator intervention, which can lead to inefficiencies and inconveniences.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that automatically sets user authorities by detecting the degree of inconvenience through a trial environment changing processing module, which alters the user interface to make certain functions difficult to use, and then adjusts authorities based on user behavior and operation history.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user authorities are strictly limited for security and cost management, then security and cost control are improved, but user task efficiency deteriorates due to function limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic authority adjustment by monitoring user operation histories and automatically modifying authority levels. The system transitions from static authority assignment to dynamic adaptation based on actual user behavior patterns, allowing authorities to be expanded or restricted in real-time based on observed task requirements and security policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service authority management by automatically analyzing user operation patterns and adjusting authorities without requiring constant administrator intervention. The apparatus monitors user behavior, identifies task requirements, and autonomously optimizes authority settings, reducing manual administrative overhead while maintaining security.
2Productivity
If administrator manually adjusts user authorities to ensure task completion, then user task efficiency is improved, but administrative effort and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated authority management where the apparatus independently monitors user operation histories, analyzes task patterns, and adjusts authorities without administrator intervention. This self-service mechanism eliminates manual administrative tasks while ensuring user authorities are optimized for task completion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback loops where user operation data is continuously collected, analyzed, and used to adjust authorities. The system monitors user behavior patterns and feeds this information back into the authority management process, enabling automatic optimization based on actual usage patterns and task requirements.
3Measurement precision
If trial environment changing processing is implemented to detect user inconvenience, then authority setting accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by creating trial environments that simulate potential authority restrictions before they are applied. The system preemptively tests various authority configurations in a trial mode, measures user inconvenience levels, and uses these measurements to determine optimal permanent authority settings, avoiding direct trial-and-error in the production environment.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a degree of inconvenience to a user who is a target of authority setting, and a setting unit that sets an authority of the user in accordance with the degree of inconvenience.